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A woman presses a button to fill up a gas tank at a gas station in East Dundee, Ill. on March 19.

Florida approves 10 tax-free holidays for essentials like gas and diapers

May 06, 2022
This move comes as Americans are facing inflation and high gas prices.
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Here's why gas prices keep climbing in Nevada and what you can do

Mar 28, 2022

Las Vegas relies heavily on tourism to keep its economy afloat.

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Business
In December 1955, a man posts a price for leaded gasoline at a station in Everett, Massachusetts. The United Nations said on Monday that the world is no longer using the toxic fuel, bringing an end to a century of damaging pollution.

The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile

Aug 30, 2021
A calamitous invention that poisoned air, water and soil for generations is no more, according to a report from the United Nations.
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Environment And Energy Collaborative
A lower-carbon natural gas flame burns on a stovetop at a NW Natural testing facility.

Natural Gas Companies Have Their Own Plans To Go Low-Carbon

Feb 21, 2021
The companies face an existential threat as more governments and businesses move to tackle climate change. So a growing number have their own plans to decarbonize, by creating renewable gas.
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Fifth Street

February 18, 2021

Feb 18, 2021
Taco the Town | 'Not an Oil and Gas State' | Media Sommelier
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President Biden Takes Office
A sign in the Jonah Field advertises cheap rates at a deserted motel built for oil and gas workers.

A Wyoming County Predicts 'Total Economic Devastation' From Biden Leasing Ban

Jan 28, 2021
Most of the oil and gas drilled in Wyoming comes from federal land and communities there are bracing for job losses and school funding cuts in the wake of a Biden administration pause on new leasing.
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Latin America
Motorists wait in line for hours to buy gasoline at a Pemex service station in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday. The Mexican president temporarily closed some of the state oil company's pipelines, in a bid to wipe out rampant fuel theft.

Mexico's President Fights Gas Crisis, While Mexicans Endure Long Lines With Jokes

Jan 15, 2019
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his crackdown on stolen fuel is working, but long waits in several states persist, distribution bottlenecks continue and new acts of gas theft are reported.
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World
Steffen Ebert of Nord Stream 2 says that Europe's own gas reserves are running out and that all of Europe – not just Germany – stands to profit from the new pipeline.

In Germany, Construction Has Begun On Controversial New Russian Gas Pipeline

Sep 10, 2018
Construction began in May on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will enable Russia to boost its natural gas exports to Europe. President Trump has warned that it will make Germany "captive to Russia."
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Protests Don't Stop Land Sale For Fracking

Jul 22, 2014

Almost 30 protesters gathered outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Thursday to protest oil and gas lease sales that could lead to fracking....

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Breaking Ground: Fracking Comes To Nevada

Nov 05, 2013

The controversial drilling method of hydraulic fracturing is coming to Nevada. The state issued the first permits for fracking early this year, and regulators are still working out a program to oversee the new operations

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Congressman Mark Amodei tangles with the BLM

Mar 19, 2012
Northern Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei has a love-hate relationship going with the Bureau of Land Management right now. He has attacked its limits on oil and gas exploration to preserve the habitat of the sage grouse.
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Clifford Gaddy on the Power of Russian Oil

Apr 20, 2011
Many people associate oil with the Middle East. But Russia is actually the world's largest producer of oil and gas.
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Finance-Based Economy

Jun 02, 2008
Kevin Phillips, author, "Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism" ..
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DC Matters

Oct 13, 2005
Senator Harry Reid [D-NV] ...Minority Leader of the Senate, on Harriet Miers and gas gouging.
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